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1997 Conference USA Baseball Tournament

1997 Conference USA Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 10
Format Play-in round followed by
eight-team double-elimination tournament
Site
Champions Houston (1st title)
Winning coach Rayner Noble (1st title)
MVP Scottie Scott (Houston)
1997 Conference USA baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Tulane 19 7   .731     40 21   .656
Houston y 19 8   .704     40 23   .635
South Florida y 18 8   .692     39 24   .619
Southern Miss 16 10   .615     34 23   .596
Charlotte 14 12   .538     30 26   .536
UAB 14 13   .519     31 29   .517
Louisville 11 15   .423     23 32   .418
Memphis 9 17   .346     20 31   .392
Saint Louis 8 19   .296     21 30   .412
Cincinnati 4 23   .148     12 46   .207
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1997; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1997 Conference USA Baseball Tournament was the 1997 postseason baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Conference USA, held at Turchin Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana from May 13–18. Houston defeated Charlotte in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

With the completion of Houston's move from the Southwest Conference, the conference expanded to 10 teams in baseball. As a result, the tournament's play-in round was expanded to include the 7th–10th seeds, instead of only the 8th and 9th.

Two play-in games among the four teams with the worst regular season records decided which two teams would have the final two spots in the eight-team double-elimination bracket.


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